WoW Abbreviations compedium

Tired of not understanding what "LFM preferred DPS 4 SM" means? Then this fantastic abbreviations compedium will be very handy:

Chat:

AFAIK: As far as I know

AFK: Away from keyboard

ATM: At the moment

Bio: Short for "biological," this refers to fulfilling biological needs (i.e. using the restroom); often used to explain AFKs in groups

BRT: Be right there

BTW: By the way

CBA: Can't be arsed

DIAF: Die in a fire

FFS: For f---'s sake

FTL: For the loss (means "is bad")

FTW: For the win (means "is good")

GTFO: Get the f--- out

IDC: I don't care

IDK: I don't know

IIRC: If I recall correctly

IMHO: In my humble opinion

IMO: In my opinion

Inc: Incoming

LF: Looking for ("LF tank," etc.)

LF1M/LF2M/etc.: Looking for one more, two more, etc.

LFG: Looking for group

LFM: Looking for more (for a group)

MT: Mistell (means "I sent this message to the wrong channel or person")

Ofc: Of course

OMW: On my way

STFU: Shut the f--- up

TBH: To be honest

WC: Wrong channel

WTB: want to buy

WTF: What the f---

WTH: What the hell

WTS: Want to sell

WTT: Want to trade

Forums:

GG: Good game (often sarcastic)

GJ: Good job (often sarcastic)

Imba: Imbalanced; usually means "overpowered"

IBTL: In before the lock

L2P: Learn to play

OP: Original post/original poster

OT: Off-topic

QFE: Quoted for excellence

QFT: Quoted for truth

QQ: Doesn't "stand for" anything per se; rather, it's an emoticon: it looks like two crying eyes. It basically means "you're complaining," although it can also be used as a verb ("stop QQing").

TL;DR: Too long; didn't read

Miscellaneous:

1h: One-handed

2h: Two-handed

5SR: Five-second rule (the rule that mana regeneration from spirit only occurs if you haven't spent mana on a spell in the last five seconds)

Add: An "additional" mob that has been aggroed, usually unintentionally

Agg/Aggro: Probably short for "aggression" or some related word, it refers to who a mob is attacking -- that player is said to "have aggro" or have "pulled aggro"

AoE: Area of effect (a spell or effect that takes place over an area, as opposed to working only on a single target)

AP: Attack power

Alt: An "alternate" character -- not your main (character)

BE/Belf: Blood Elf

BG: Battleground

AB: Arathi Basin

AV: Alterac Valley

EotS: Eye of the Storm

WSG: Warsong Gulch

BoE: Bind on Equp

BoP: Bind on Pick-up

BoU: Bind on Use

BS: Blacksmith/Blacksmithing

Buff: A beneficial spell, or a change to the game that makes a given class/spec stronger

CC: Crowd control

DKP: Dragon Kill points, a cover term for a number of systems guilds use to distribute loot (see WoWWiki)

DND: Do not disturb

DPM: Damage per mana

DPS: Damage per second

DR: Damage reduction (due to armor)

DS1/DS2/DS3: Class-specific sets of gear that drop from 5-man dungeons. DS1 and DS2 were known as T0 and T0.5, respectively, but that analogy breaks down when it comes to DS3.

DW: Dual wield

DoT: Damage over time

Drae: Draenei

Eng/Engi/Engy: Engineering

FA: First Aid

FP: Flight point/flight path

FR: Fire resistance

GTAoE: Ground-targeted AoE (an AoE spell for which the caster can choose a target, like Flamestrike)

HPM: Healing per mana

HPS: Healing per second

HS/Hearth: Hearthstone

HoT: Heal over time

IRL: In real life

LOM: Low on mana

MA: Main assist

MAP: Melee attack power

Mats: Short for "materials;" refers to the ingredients in a crafted item

ML: Master loot/master looter

Mob: Short for "mobile" (derived from MUDs, where any NPC was either a stationary shopkeeper or mobile; see WoWWiki), this refers in WoW to NPCs, primarily NPCs that are meant to be killed.

MP5: Mana per five seconds

MT: Main tank

NE: Night Elf

NPC: Non-player character

NR: Nature resistance

NW: Netherweave

Nerf: A change to the game that makes a given class/spec weaker

OH: Off-hand

OOM: Out of mana

OP: Overpowered

Pat: Patrol

PBAoE: Point-blank AoE (an AoE spell that radiates out from the caster, like Arcane Explosion)

Pot: Potion

Proc: As best as I've been able to figure out, this is short for "Process" "Procedure" (see WoWWiki). What it refers to is things that have a chance to go off when some event happens. For instance, a Fiery enchant has a chance per hit to cause extra fire damage. This ability of the Fiery enchant is known as a "proc;" when it activates and causes the extra damage, one can say that it has "procced," and the activation itself, the extra damage, can also be called a "proc."

PUG: Pick-up group (a group formed "on the spot" by use of the LFG tool or a channel or something, as opposed to a guild group or some other group of friends)

RAP: Ranged attack power

Res/Rez: Resurrect/Resurrection

RL: Real life

SR: Shadow resistance

Spec: Specialization (in a profession or talents)

T1/T2/etc.: Class-specific sets of gear that drop from raids.

UD: Undead

Xmute: Transmute

Zones:

Eastern Kingdoms:

EPL: Eastern Plaguelands

IF: Ironforge

STV: Stranglethorn Vale

SW: Stormwind City

UC: Undercity

WPL: Western Plaguelands

Kalimdor:

Darn: Darnassus

Exo: Exodar

Gads/GZ: Gadgetzan

Org: Orgrimmar

STM: Stonetalon Mountain

STP: Stonetalon Peak

TB: Thunder Bluff

OL: Outlands:

BE: Blade's Edge

HFP: Hellfire Peninsula

HH: Honor Hold

NS: Netherstorm

SH/Shat: Shattrath City

SMV: Shadowmoon Valley

Tero: Terokkar

TM: Thrallmar

ZM: Zangarmarsh

Instances (5-man):

RFC: Ragefire Chasm

WC: Wailing Caverns

VC/DM: Deadmines

Stocks: Stockade

SFK: Shadowfang Keep

BFD: Blackfathom Depths

Gnomer: Gnomeregan

RFK: Razorfen Kraul

SM: Scarlet Monestary

GY: Graveyard wing

Arm: Armory wing

Lib: Library wing

Cath: Cathedral wing

RFD: Razorfen Downs

Ulda: Uldaman

ZF: Zul Farrak

Mara: Mauradon

ST: Temple of Atal'Hakkar (a.k.a. Sunken Temple)

BRD: Blackrock Depths

BRS: Blackrock Spire

LBRS: Lower Blackrock Spire

UBRS: Upper Bloackrock Spire (technically a 10-man, but doesn't feel like a raid, in my opinion)